ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,358, issued on April 8, was assigned to UroViu Corp. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Portable endoscope with side-mountable disposable portion" was invented by Xiaolong Ouyang (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld endoscope has a disposable, single-use portion that includes a distal tip, cannula, housings, and a proximal port that is connected to a substantially straight working channel. The cannula is rotatable about the main longitudinal axis of the cannula. The endoscope also includes a re-usable portion that has a handle and display module. The single-use and re-usable portions mate and un-mate with each other via physic...